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Actinolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, 409.1–391.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of A. tuberculata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Family:	†Actinolepidae
Genus:	†Actinolepis Agassiz, 1845
Type species
†Actinolepis tuberculata Agassiz, 1845
Other species
†A. magna Mark-Kurik, 1973 (vide Denison, 1978) †A. spinosa Mark-Kurik, 1985 †A. zaikai Plax & Newman, 2020

Actinolepis is an extinct genus of actinolepid placoderm from the Early Devonian. Four species are known: A. magna from Estonia, A. spinosa from Latvia (Sevy Dolomite), the type species A. tuberculata from New Zealand (Adam Mudstone Formation) and A. zaikai from Belarus (Lepel Beds).

Gallery

• Fragmentary dorsal armour of A. magna (specimen EMNH 203503); housed at the Estonian Museum of Natural History

References

1. ^ http://www.palaeos.org/Actinolepidae
2. ^ R. Denison. 1978. Placodermi. In H.-P. Schultze (ed.), Handbook of Palaeoichthyology 2:1-128
3. ^ Mark-Kurik, Elga (1985). "Actinolepis spinosa n. sp. (Arthrodira) from the Early Devonian of Latvia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (4): 287–292. doi:10.1080/02724634.1985.10011866. ISSN 0272-4634.
4. ^ Dmitry P. Plax; Michael J. Newman (2020). "New Early Devonian (late Emsian) placoderms from Belarus". Journal of Paleontology. 94 (4): 773–787. doi:10.1017/jpa.2020.6. S2CID 216191250.
5. H. G. Johnson, D. K. Elliott, and J. H. Wittke. 2000. A new actinolepid arthrodire (Class Placodermi) from the Lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite, east-central Nevada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 129(2):241-266

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Class: "Placodermi" Gnathostomata see Gnathostomata Placodermi see Placodermi Arthrodira see below↓
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Eubrachythoraci Coccosteomorphi Coccosteoidea Coccosteidae Belgiosteus Clarkeosteus Coccosteus Dickosteus Jiuchengia Livosteus Millerosteus Protitanichthys Watsonosteus Panxiosteidae Janiosteus Kimberleyichthys? Panxiosteus Plourdosteus? Incisoscutoidea Belosteus? Compagopiscis Cyrtosteus? Harrytoombsia? Mcnamaraspis? Parabelosteus? Torosteus Trematosteus Camuropiscidae Camuropiscis Fallacosteus Incisoscutum Latocamurus Rolfosteus Tubonasus Pachyosteomorphi Leptosteus Rhachiosteus Dunkleosteoidea Dunkleosteus Eastmanosteus Golshanichthys Hussakofia Kiangyousteus Westralichthys Xiangshuiosteus? Heterosteidae Herasmius Heterosteus Yinostius Aspinothoracidi Bruntonichthys Bullerichthys Bungartius Dinichthys Dinomylostoma Erromenosteus Hadrosteus Holdenius Kendrickichthys Mylostoma Squamatognathus Tafilalichthys Tapinosteus Titanichthys Brachydeiridae Brachydeirus Oxyosteus Synauchenia Selenosteidae Alienacanthus Amazichthys Brachyosteus Braunosteus Draconichthys Enseosteus Gorgonichthys Gymnotrachelus Heintzichthys Melanosteus Microsteus Pachyosteus Paramylostoma Phymosteus Rhinosteus Selenosteus Stenosteus Walterosteus

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